"At the end of the day I probably let myself down, I let my family down, I let other people down," he said. "But at the end of the day I was in a private area and there should be a certain amount of privacy that one should expect."

"Back home all my close friends rallied round me and were great," he added.

The furor highlighted not only the issue of privacy but the difficulties of being a prince and taking part in normal life.